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2. What is cryptocurrency, how does it work – and what ... - AOL

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   The PA news agency explains the basics behind one of the buzziest – but worst understood – areas of the financial world.

3. Cryptocurrency: What it is and how it works - AOL

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   Cryptocurrency is a kind of digital currency that is intended to act as a medium of exchange. Cryptocurrency has become popular in the last decade, in particular, with Bitcoin becoming the most ...

4. What Is Cryptocurrency and How Does It Work? Your Guide - AOL

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   Cryptocurrency is a digital payment mechanism based on the concept of decentralization -- meaning it is not regulated by a central authority, like a government -- which sets it apart from ...

5. Cryptocurrency - Wikipedia

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   Cryptocurrency is produced by an entire cryptocurrency system collectively, at a rate that is defined when the system is created and that is publicly stated. In centralized banking and economic systems such as the US Federal Reserve System , corporate boards or governments control the supply of currency.

6. Bitcoin - Wikipedia

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   Bitcoin (abbreviation: BTC; sign: ₿) is the first decentralized cryptocurrency. Based on a free-market ideology, bitcoin was invented in 2008 by Satoshi Nakamoto , an unknown person. [ 5 ] Use of bitcoin as a currency began in 2009, [ 6 ] with the release of its open-source implementation .

7. Cryptocurrency exchange - Wikipedia

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   A cryptocurrency exchange can typically send cryptocurrency to a user's personal cryptocurrency wallet.Some can convert digital currency balances into anonymous prepaid cards which can be used to withdraw funds from ATMs worldwide [1] [2] while other digital currencies are backed by real-world commodities such as gold.

8. How Does Cryptocurrency Work – and Is It Safe? - AOL

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   If you've been following the news, you undoubtedly know a few things about Bitcoin right now. Find: Why Some Money Experts Believe In Bitcoin and Others Don't Read More: Where Does Cryptocurrency...

9. History of bitcoin - Wikipedia

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   Chinese cryptocurrency exchange Bter lost $2.1 million in BTC in February 2015. The Slovenian exchange Bitstamp lost bitcoin worth $5.1 million to a hack in January 2015. The US-based exchange Cryptsy declared bankruptcy in January 2016, ostensibly because of a 2014 hacking incident; the court-appointed receiver later alleged that Cryptsy's CEO ...